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No matter what your needs or personal style, there's a carpet out there for you. Here's a selected list of some of the most popular styles of carpet flooring.
| Carpet Styles | |
| Textured | Textured carpets are popular for active homes because they effectively hide footprints and vacuum marks. Functional and casual, this cut pile carpet is a favorite for busy households. |
| Saxony: | Saxony carpet is the epitome of luxury. Soft, plush and velvety, this style radiates elegance, making it a good choice for formal dining rooms and living rooms. Saxony carpet is not recommended for high traffic areas because it shows footprints and vacuum marks. |
| Frieze: | Durable and tough, Frieze carpet is a cut pile style carpet that is a good choice for any room in the home, and able to stand up to heavy foot traffic. Frieze has a high twist per inch (TPI) level which creates a textured appearance. |
| Cable: | Cable style carpet is made from thicker yarn which is soft and comfortable underfoot. Cable carpet is not a suitable choice for a high traffic area such as stairs or a family room because it is easily crushed and matted from heavy foot traffic. Perfect for a bedroom, cable carpet is both cozy and attractive. |
| Looped: | The yarns in loop pile carpets are uncut which makes them very durable. Berber style carpet is a popular looped pile carpet. Loop pile carpet is good for high-traffic areas such as family rooms. Densely woven level loop carpet does not have many crevices for dirt to sink into making it easier to vacuum up dirt and debris. |
| Cut and Loop: | Cut and loop style carpet is a combination of cut and looped yarn that creates a pattern with a variation of textures. The distinctive patterns of these carpets can add an element of style to any room. It's a great way to show your fashion sense and a smart choice that holds up to traffic and hides stains well. |
When deciding on which carpet style to put in your home, consider functionality, style and durability. While you might be tempted to go with a bold, textured style, consider whether you will enjoy that style for years to come, or grow tired of it. If you're unsure, classic styles such as Berber carpet could be a better choice.
Carpeting is more than just flooring for your home - it's a focal point for design and creativity. Now more than ever, bold new styles of carpet create great opportunities for you to make a fashion statement. Unique textures and colors are available in a wide array of style to suit your design needs.
If being environmentally conscious is important to your family, carpet is a good choice. Natural carpet fibers, such as wool, leave a smaller environmental footprint that other carpet styles because they are made from a renewable resource. Synthetic fiber carpets, such as nylon carpets, are petroleum products, but some are now made from recycled material. The carpet industry is also minimizing carpet's impact on the environment through the new "3 R's" initiative, which stand for reduce, reuse and recycle. When carpet reaches the end of its long life, it is reused to make new carpet or is recycled into a variety of other products.
